Combined lamp-bracket and signal.



C. GpMOLLAN. COMBINED LAMP BRACKET AND SIGNAL.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 6. 1913- Patented July 6, 1915.

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CHARLES G. MOLLAN', OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

CGMBINED LAMP-BRACKET AND innea-a.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 6.,

Application filed October 6, 1913. Serial No. 793,544.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that l, (JHARLEs G. MOLLAN,

a citizen of the United States, residing at and it consists in certain peculiarities of the construction, novel arrangement, and operation of the various parts thereof, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth and specifically claimed.

As is well known the laws of many States provide that automobiles shall be provided with and shall carry license numbers, the

tate name or abbreviation thereof, and the year for which said license number shall have been issued, and that said matter shall be so displayed as to be legible both in the day time and at night, or in darkness, and also that danger signals must be displayed onthe vehicle and carried thereby.

The main or principal object of my in-.

vention is to provide a combined lamp bracket and signal, which shall be simple and inexpensive in construction, strong, durable and eficient in operation, and so made that it can be readily attached to the automobile either at its rear or front end, so as to display the requisite sign and signal at either end of the vehicle.

A further object of the invention is to provide a combined lamp bracket and signal of the above mentioned general character, which shall be of such construction that in darkness the lightfrom the lamp or lamps carried by the bracket will be so controlled that the beams thereof will be cast downwardly on the sign or matter to be displayed and read, in such a way as to bring out the letters or characters of the sign in a clear cut and prominent manner so that the sign or number may be read at a considerable distance from the sign.

Another object of the invention is to provide a lampbracket and signal which shall be of such construction that there will be no arts to become loose and produce a noise y reason of the vibration of the vehicle to which it is attached, yet which can readily be mounted on the vehicle or easily removed therefrom.

Numerous other objects and advantages of the device will be set forth in the following description and explanation.

in order to enable others skilled in the art to'which the invention pertains, to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe it, referring to the accompanying drawings in which- Figure l is a face view of a blank out of which the device is formed. Fig. 2 is a front face view of a complete lamp bracket and signal embodying the, invention. Fig.

3 is a view in end elevation thereof, and- F ig. 4 is a vertical sectional view taken on line H of Fig. 2, looking in the direction indicated by the arrows.

- Like numerals of reference indicate corre-" sponding parts throughout the difi'erent views of the drawing.

The body 10 of the bracket is preferably made of sheet metal and may be of any suitable size and shape, and is provided at its upper portion with a hood reflector 11', which. is curved to form. substantially a semi-cylinder. At about its middle the hood reflector is provided with an opening 12, in which is suitably fastened a jewel or a piece of glass 13, which glass is by preference light in color. Above the opening 12 the hood reflector 11 is provided with another opening 14:, in which is secured a holder or socket 15 for an incandescent lamp 16, which is disposed between the jewel or piece of glass 13, and the upper part of the body 10 of the bracket, so that the rays of light from said lamp will shine through the glass or jewel 13, thus displaying a danger signal. That surface of the bracket on which the signs are displayed, (the term sign being employed to means letters, numbers or characters), is preferably provided with a dull color to absorb the light as it is reflected downwardly by the hood reflector 11, and the numbers, letters or characters 17, which are displayed on the face of the body 10 of the bracket are preferably a dead white, and may be mounted on the bracket body 10 by means of rivets, which are extended through suitable openings formed in the numbers 17 and body of the bracket.

The body 10 is provided at each of its ends near its middle with a flap 18, each of which is furnished with an opening 19 in which may be secured a jewel or piece of glass 20 of any desired color, through which the light will shine or may be seen. The upper portion of the body 10 is curved to form substantially a cylinder hood reflector 11, to which projections 21 on each of the flaps 18 may be secured at the ends of the hood reflectors in any suitable manner, and for this purpose the flaps 18 are bent on the dotted lines 22 (see Fig. 1) so as to project at right angles to the body of the bracket. At its lower portion the body 10 is provided at each of its ends with a lateral extension 28, each of which has at its upper part a projecting portion 24, which is bent to form a substantiaily semi-cylindrical hood reflector and each of said portions 24 or hood reflectors is provided with an opening 25, in which openings are secured jewels or pieces of glass 26 ofany desired color.

As is clearly shoWnea-ch of the extensions 23 is provided with an opening 27, in each of which is fitted a socket or holder 28 for an incandescent lamp 29 of the ordinary or any preferred construction. The face of one of the extensions 23 has displayed thereon the word Left preferably in dead white letters, and the other extension 22 has displayed thereon the word Right also by preference in dead white letters. The face of the body 10, as well as the faces of the extensions 23 are preferably provided with a dull color to absorb the light as it is reflected downwardly by the hood reflectors 11 and 24, and the signs displayed on the face'of the bracket are preferably of dead white to reflect the light.

The letters 31 forming the name of the State, or an abbreviation thereof, and the numbers 30, indicating the year of the license, are preferably made up of a series of perforations 32 extended through the face of the hood reflector 11, through which the rays of light from the lamp 16 may penetrate. Surrounding each of said perforations, numbers or letters is a field in dead white corresponding to the number of the letter, as will be readily understood by ref erence to Fig. 2 of the drawing.

By employing a combined lamp bracket and signal embodying my improvements, it is obvious that the hood reflectors will not only serve to cast the rays of light downwardly so as'to display the sign clearly and prominently, yet they will keep the light from the eyes of pedestrians, as well as the eyes of occupants of other vehicles, thus preventing their vision being impaired by the glare of the light from the lamps.

When it is desired to give the signal in which direction the automobile or vehicle on which the lamp bracket and signal are mounted is about to turn, it is only necessary to press a button or otherwise turn the electric current onto the lamp carried by the proper extension 23, when it is obvious the word Left or Right will be displayed and also the danger signal through the jewel or piece of glass 26 carried by the hood'reflectorof said extension.

Having thus fully described my invention, What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is l. A combined lamp bracket and signal consisting of a sign-carrying body having at its upper part an overhanging hood-reflector provided with an opening in its face, a sign-carrying portion on the body located outwardly from each end of said hood-reflector, each of said portions having at its upper part an overhanging hood-reflector, and a lamp located within each of said refiectors.

.2. Acombined lamp bracket and signal consisting of a sign-carrying body having its upper part extending to form an overhanging semi-cylindrical hood-reflector provided with an opening in its face, a perforated closureintegral with each end of the body for closing each end of said reflector. a sign-carrying extension on each end of said body, each of said extensions having at its upper part an overhanging hood-reflector, and a lamp located within each of said reflectors.

3. A combined lamp bracket and signal consisting of a sign-carrying body having at its upper part an overhanging hood-refiector provided with an opening in its face, a sign-carrying extension on each end of said body, each of said extensions having at its upper part an overhanging hood-reflector, and a lamp located within each of said reflectors.

CHARLES G. MOLLAN.

Witnesses:

CHAS C. TILLMAN,

F. C. DYnR. 

